What are the equipment for joint mobility training

If you really want to count the number of joint mobility training equipment, there are actually dozens of types, but we in the rehabilitation department only use a dozen or so frequently on a daily basis. The core is nothing more than helping patients passively maintain joint mobility and assisting active force-generating activities. In many cases, they will be replaced by readily available daily necessities. There are not so many mysterious thresholds.

Take patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. In the first two weeks after the brace is removed, a continuous passive motion device, also known as a CPM machine, is basically used. After the leg is fixed, the machine will slowly flex and extend the knee joint, and the angle will be increased little by little. The strength is more even than that of a rehabilitation practitioner, and the patient's pain will be much lower. A 19-year-old physical education student I took care of last year used this method to increase the range of motion of his knee from 30 degrees to 90 degrees in the first two weeks, and the recovery speed was nearly a week faster than that of patients at the same stage.

After patients can exert force on their own, they will use less passive instruments and more active auxiliary tools, such as pulley rings hanging on the corridor wall, which are almost standard equipment for patients with frozen shoulder and rotator cuff injuries after surgery. The good hand pulls the rope, and It is much safer to lift the affected arm up slowly than to flail around by yourself. Last week, an aunt with frozen shoulders came for a review and said that she had been practicing the method I taught at home for half a month. Now she can reach the quilt on the top of the closet. Before, she even had trouble combing her hair.

There are also some inconspicuous small devices that are used more frequently, such as fingerboards that almost everyone with hand dysfunction after cerebral infarction can spread their cramped fingers to avoid joint stiffness; sloping boards for ankle joint exercises, which can stretch the Achilles tendon when standing on them. For patients with foot drop and Achilles tendon contracture, standing for ten minutes a day is much better than sitting and stretching their feet. Oh, yes, there are also elastic bands and elastic balls, which can be used to train almost all joints in the body. The cost is also low. An elastic band costs about ten yuan a piece and can be used for shoulder, elbow, knee, and ankle training.

However, there are quite different opinions within our department about the Internet-famous rehabilitation equipment known as "fully automatic joint breaking". Some doctors feel that the intensity of such products cannot be controlled accurately, and the vibration frequency is too high, which can easily stimulate soft tissue edema, which is purely IQ tax. Some doctors feel that if patients in remote areas have no one to guide their home rehabilitation, choosing one with formal medical device qualifications and adjustable intensity is better than holding it at home, and it can help maintain some mobility.

To be honest, when we make plans for patients, we never give priority to recommending expensive equipment. Sometimes we practice finger flexion and extension by holding a mineral water bottle filled with water. The effect is no different from a grip ball worth dozens of dollars. The core of joint activity training is never how high-end the equipment is, but how standard and consistent the movements are. To put it bluntly, the equipment is just an auxiliary to help you reduce the difficulty of training.